Improvement in securing handles to burial-caskets



Y wfs. woon., Securing Handles to BuraI-Caskete. i

N.56,520. Patented Nov.3,}874.

m m. 5^ 4h (Affi/Ufff BY' ATTnnNEYs..

NITED STATES PATENT EEIOE..

WILLIAM S. WOOD, OF NEWTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN sEcuRiNG VHANDLES To BURIAL-GASKETS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,520, dated November 3, 1874; application filed September 19, 1874.

CASE D.I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WOOD, of Newtown, Queens county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mode of Fastening Handles to Metallic Burial-Cases, of which the following is a specication:

The invention will first be fully described,

and then pointed out in the claim. Figure 1 represents a vertical section oi' the side of a burial case or casket, and Fig. 2 is a side view Of the stay-plate detached, as seen from the line w fr, Fig. 1. A

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A is the side of the burial-casket, to which the handle is attached. B is the. handle, which may b of any suitable design, shape, or congnration. O is the cap-plate of the handle, which is placed upon the outer surface of the burialcas'e, and to which the handle is hinged, as seen at D. rIhis ear-plate may extend from one end to the other 0f the handle, or it maybe made in two or more parts, according to the length Of the handle. It is usually Ot' some Ornamental design, and

plated Or nished the same as the handle, and forms in fact a part of the handle. E is a stay-plate, placed on the inside of the casket. F are screws, and Y Q are/nut-rivets, having squarewshmanks, whichpmt-hrOugh-wsquare holes in the` ,stay-plate,... and through the side of tlea'se, and are riveted thereto to keep them in place before the handles are attached. These nut-rivets have heads H, and are provided with inte'rior screw-threads, which receive the screws F, which go through the earplate O. The stay-plate E extends down through the case tO near the bottom with a rib, I, on its Outer side, and has a tendency to stili'en the side of the case, and keep it in shape when lifting upon the handles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenth Ihe combination of handle, ear-plate, and 

